Historic season continues as MT looks for fifth straight, eighth overall victory
The Blue Raiders look to add to their unprecedented season Saturday at 3:30 p.m. as they host the Red Wolves of Arkansas State University at Floyd Stadium.
A win would give MT its best record in the program’s short Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A) existence.
The second seed Blue Raiders begin Sun Belt Conference tournament play Thursday against the seventh seeded University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
“I think we have had a very good season so far and I think our team is playing very well at this time,” head coach Matt Peck said.
Coach announces he’s not interested in Memphis job
Head football coach Rick Stockstill has decided that he’s not ready to leave MT just yet.
Stockstill has removed his name from consideration for the University of Memphis head coaching vacancy.
Earlier in the week, “The Commercial Appeal” released a list of five names that UM was considering for their head coaching position.
Washington leads with 14 points, Haddock grabs eight rebounds
Middle Tennessee never gave up on Tuesday night against Marshall with a chance to force overtime in the final seconds but fell 63-60.
Two free throws by junior James Washington made it a one possession game, 63-60, and then the Blue Raiders got the ball back on a Marshall turnover on the inbounds pass.
Junior Festus Chemaoi became the first Middle Tennessee cross country runner to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country National Championships, taking place on Monday in Terre Haute, Ind.
Chemaoi finished 13th overall at the NCAA South Regional meet in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Ainobkoi, Kenya native did not qualify initially, but was given an at-large bid as a top five individual not on a qualified team.
Kyles shines in running game; Defense sacks UL five times
Sophomore running back D.D. Kyles ran for 177 yards and junior quarterback Dwight Dasher passed for two touchdowns as the Blue Raiders defeated the University of Louisiana at Lafayette 34-17 at Floyd Stadium Saturday.
The game for Kyles marks his third straight 100-yard performance.
Dasher threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns, completing 16 of his 25 passing attempts.
The Lowedown
It was only a matter of time before an alumnus approached me with a phrase I get every football season – “Why don’t y’all students ever show up to the games?”
Most years I defend the students by saying a mixture of things, and I pretty much have to pull an argument out of my back pocket in order for it to make sense.
Victory over Florida Atlantic secures No. 2 seed for Sun Belt Conference Tournament
MT will play the night match to begin the 2009 Sun Belt Championships after earning the two seed as announced by the league office on Sunday.
Originally it was thought the Blue Raiders would play at 5 p.m. when the tournament begins on Thursday, Nov. 19 but tournament host Western Kentucky chose the 5 p.m.
The Blue Raiders look to extend a three-game winning streak Saturday at 3:15 p.m. as the Ragin’ Cajuns of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette visit Floyd Stadium.
MT will look to its rejuvenated rushing attack against a ULL defense giving up 162.7 yards per game.
Sophomore running back D.D. Kyles is coming off back-to-back 100-yard games against Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University, and has helped fill the void left by the absence of Phillip Tanner.
After last year’s tournament loss, MT trains to win this year’s NCAA
Frustration had to be the keyword for the end of the Lady Raiders’ season last year. Picked as the eighth seed in the NCAA Tournament, the women had to travel to East Lansing, MI to take on the ninth-seeded Michigan State Spartans.
Instead of sulking, the Lady Raiders practiced as if it were a first-round tournament game even though it was obvious that it was a road game in which the higher seed had to play on the lower seed’s home court.
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